Bug#318692: xlibs-dev: compat package doesn't depend on libs formerly in xlibs-static-dev
Package: xlibs-dev
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2
Severity: serious
The current version of xlibs-dev is not fully backwards-compatible with
previous versions built from xfree86, because in the xorg tree a number of
packages have been split out of the xlibs-static-dev package, e.g.,
libxxf86vm-dev. Packages that previously had a build-dependency on
xlibs-dev only now FTBFS; if the intention is to break backwards
compatibility, I think it would be better to drop the xlibs-dev package
altogether, otherwise these libs should be re-added to the dependencies of
xlibs-dev.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xlibs-dev depends on:
ii libice-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Inter-Client Exchange library deve
ii libsm-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxi-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxmu-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxmuu-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 lightweight X Window System miscel
ii libxp-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X pixmap library development files
ii libxrandr-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxt-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Toolkit Intrinsics development f
ii libxtrap-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol-trapping
ii libxtst-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System event recording an
ii libxv-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System video extension li
ii pm-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 proxy management protocol developm
ii x-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X protocol development files
ii xlibs-static-dev 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System client library dev
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